Neck-yoke link.



No. 672,482 Patented Apr. 23, 190i. R. H. HIGGINS.

NECK YOKE LINK.

(Application filed Feb. 13, 1901-) (No Model.)

RO$S H. HIGGINS, OF @ANFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OANFIELD MANUFAO- TUBING COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

NIECld -YOKE LINK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,482, dated April 23, 1901. Application filed February 13, 1901. Serial No. 47,112. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Ross H. HIGGINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oanfield, in the countyof Mahoning and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neck-Yoke Links; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, and to the figu res of reference marked thereon, in

which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the different parts properly connected. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the eye-ferrule. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the clip. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the clip, showing the link members properly connected thereto. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the clip, showing the link members properly connected. Fig. 6 is a detached view of one of the link members. Fig. 7 is a view showing the links separated and the ring partially connected.

The present invention has relation to neckyoke links; and it consists in the novel construction hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlngs.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the neck-yoke, which is of ordinary construction within itself and is provided at its ends with the ferrules 2,which are connected in the ordinary manner and, as shown, are provided with the integral ring-eyes 3.

To the neck-yoke 1 is attached the clip 4 by means of suitable clamping bolts 5, said clamping-bolts being connected in the ordinary manner. The face of the clip adjacent to the neck-yoke 1 is formed so as to fit snugly upon the neck-yoke, and in this instance the face of the clip is concave to correspond with the convex surface of the neck-yoke. The

clip 4 is provided with the chamber 6, which chamber is preferably of the form shown and is for the purpose of receiving the heads 7 of the hooks or links 8, said heads being located and arranged when placed in proper position as illustrated in Figs. 4., 5, and 7. For the purpose of providing a means for holding the hooks or links 8 the cross-pin 9 is provided, said cross-pin being located substantially as shown and is located through the apertures 10, formed in the heads 7. The hooks 8 are each provided with flat faces, so they will fit against each other, as illustrated in Fig. 5. In placing the hooks 8 in proper position with reference to each other the openings 11 are located upon opposite sides, so that when the hooks comprising the link are brought face to face a closed link is provided. When itis desired to connect the ring 12 to the hooks or links proper, said ring is placed between the flat faces of the hooks 8 and moved upward until it has come opposite the openings 11, when it is turned so as to pass the ring through the openings 11, after which said ring is free to engage the hooks or recesses 13, thereby holding the members of the hooks 8 together. WVhen it is desired to detach the ring 12, it is moved upward out of the recess 13 and turned, passing through the openings 11,and removed from the hooks.

It will be understood that in order to attach and detach the ring 12 to and from the hooks 8 the members thereof should be so connected that they will be free to move to and from each other and at the same time to swing or move together after the ring has been connected, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of providing a means for easily entering the ring or starting it between the hooks 8 the bottom or lower ends of said hooks or links are beveled, thereby providing the V-shaped entrance 14:, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my improvement as applied to neckyokes, but do not desire to be confined tonecko yokes, as it will be understood that my improvement may be applied without change of construction to whiffletrees or doubletrees, inasmuch as no change is required, and a whiffletree or doubletree may take the place of the neck-yoke 1 shown, and for the purpose of better illustrating the purpose the neck-yoke herein shown may be considered a doubletree or even a singletree.

Having fully described my invention, what I00 10 vided with bevels at their free or swinging ends, substantially as and for the purpose specified v V t In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ROSS H. HIGGINS.

Witnesses:

G. N. BOUGHTON, M. V. B. KING. 

